Connector for garment and hose supporters.



C. W., W. W. & G. E. WELTY.

. CONNECTOR FOR GARMENT AND HOSE SUPPORTERS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 3| I914.

Patented Oct. 24, 1916.

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WITNESSES:

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MISSOURI.

CONNECTOR FOR GARMENT Ann i-IosE. SUPPORTERS.

Application filed July 31, 1914. Serial No. 854,223.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES W. WELTY,

' WVILLIAM W. WELTY, and GEORGE E. VVELTY,

citizens of the United States of America, residing at the city of St.Joseph, in the county of Buchanan and State of Missouri, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Connectors for Garment and HoseSupporters, of which the following is a specification.

The object of our invention is to provide a connector to be used ondifferent parts of .a supporter that will hold a mans, womans or childsshirt or other apparel down and the hose or stockings up at the sametime. Said connector may be used on several other kinds of supporters orsuspenders. By placing a connector on different parts of a supporter itwill automatically adjust itself to almost any possible position of theperson yielding to each position of the person regardless of whether thebody leans to the right or left, forward or backward, the supporter notdrawing any of the apparel at any time sufiiciently rigid to causediscomfort to the person, or strain upon any article where the connectoris attached.

The improvement sought by us in this invention particularly relates toFigure 2, the roller bearing plate having connection between the lowerpart of an elastic .and an 7 endless cord, hose or stockings, or otherwearing apparel. The elastic, one end of which is attached to a centralplate, extends down and loops through a link on one end of said rollerbearing plate; by the elastic passing through said link it can be easilyadjusted and by one end of the elastic being attached to a central plateand the other end being looped through said link it will keep thecentral plate in the proper position, and by an endless cord passingover the roller bearing plate it will give easy movement regardless ofthe position of the person. One end of the roller bearing plate is to beused for attachment of a suitable fastener to the hose or other wearingapparel.

We accomplish our object by the construction Shown in the accompanyingdrawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a front view of the supporter; and Fig. 2 is a side view of aroller bearing plate near the bottom of the supporter showing a shieldand roller and a socket having engagement with a link. i

Similar letters refer to corresponding parts throughout the. severalviews.

In the drawings A represents an elastic or tape strap serving as anadjuster for the device.

B is a central roller bearing plate, its lower extension provided withthree corresponding cross slots C C with which the top end of elastic Aengages rigidly. An upper extension of the face of said plate isprovided with a shield D integral therewith having a grooved wheel Drevoluble therein on a pin d serving as an axle, its ends engaging withsaid upper extension plate and the shield thereon. Opposite sideextensions of said central roller bearing plate are provided withshields E and F and grooved wheels E and F having, respectively, axles eand f. H is an endless cord or elastic inserted between said groovedwheels E and F and the inner sides of shields E and F and betweengrooved wheel D and the lower side of shield D. The parts of the cord Hextending above said wheels and Shields are adapted to form twodiverging looped arms I, I, each operating over a grooved wheel Jrevoluble between .a plate I and a shield J on a pin similar to thosealready described. Said last mentioned shields have integral plates K Kextending upward. These upwardly extended plates are each provided witha slot 70 with which suitable devices may be attached to form connectionwith a shirt, waist or other inner garment worn by either a man or womanon the upper part of the body. The lower end of elastic A is loopedthrough a link P and is provided with a slide buckle L permitting thelengthening or shortening of the elastic or device to any lengthrequired.

A grooved wheel M, shield M and pin m' Specification of Letters Patent.7 1 1916;

with every Wheel in the device will freely yield to every1'110V6H16I1t0f the person automatically regulating itself to anyposition garments; I

'Whatwe claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: i I A garmentand hoseconnectorcomprising without having any stationary pull on the Ii a metal plate, a-srnall socket formed by said 'plate being loopedoverat about midway of the plate, a link inserted in said socket to receivean elastic tape, a grooved wheel copies ofthls patent may be obtainedfor revoluble inside said shield for an endless cord to pass over, oneend of said plate having a cross slot or other suitable means in whichto attach a suitable hose fastener.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

CHARLES W. VVELTY. WILLIAM "W. WELTY. GEORGE E. WELTY. ,"Witnesses MAYMEBEILLY, E. F. HARTZELL.

five .cents each, ;by addressing the Commissioner -01" latenta,Washington, D502"

